What is your favorite first or debut album by a band (any genre).
I think my favorite is The Cars by the Cars which was recorded in just 2 weeks in London. Last track "All Mixed Up" in particular is an excellent track sung by the late Benjamin Orr (Bassist)
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2011-11-04, 20:25 #1Senior Member
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Best Debut Album
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2011-11-04, 20:35 #2Senior Member
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Rickie Lee Jones
Just one ? , there are many great debuts if one search, but this was the first I thougth off.
James McMurtry Too Long in the Wasteland was also on my mind.
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2011-11-05, 07:30 #3Senior Member
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A couple of debut albums that I think are fantastic:
Tracy Chapman - Tracy Chapman
Tanita Tikaram - Ancient Heart
Each album is filled with single-worthy tracks. In both cases they have not quite managed to live up to their first release since then.
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2011-11-05, 07:47 #4Member
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Tori Amos - Little Earthquakes
Nick Drake - Five Leaves Left
John Prine - John Prine
Jeff Buckley - Grace
Dire Straits - Dire Straits
How about a list of albums where the 'difficult' second album is better than the first....http://www.last.fm/user/sebage/
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Stevie Ray Vaughn - Texas Flood
Jimi Hendrix - Are You Experienced
Guy Clark - Old No 1
George Harrison - All Things Must Pass (OK, probably not fair as a "first" album")
The Flying Burrito Brothers - The Guilded Palace of Sin
Buffalo Springfield - Buffalo Springfield
The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground & Nico
Steve Earle - Guitar Town
The Band - Music from Big Pink
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin
2nd Album unbelievably good:
Bruce Springsteen - The Wild, The Innocent, & the E Street Shuffle
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Right on to Ricky Lee Jones!
Although it's not fashionable (in some circles) to even like Norah Jones, I listened to her debut Come Away With Me incessantly -- before it became a hit, and then became elevator and shopping music. It's a great recording.
And what about Feist's Let It Die? Technically, perhaps not a debut -- there was an earlier one five years before, but really it needs to be considered a debut. Again, just great.
And the Beatles Please Please Me -- Love Me Do, I Saw Her Standing There, etc.
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2011-11-05, 18:46 #7Senior Member
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Good one!
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Many first albums are often the best, full of latent rawness and urban aggression, that seem to fade when the money comes rolling in.
For me:
Ramones - Ramones
'nuf said.
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Oops forgot that it was Tracy Chapmans debut Originally Posted by Henry66
a truly fantastic album, one of the best ever and possibly the best debut ever.
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